August 2012

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 Full
12. 2 99%
13. 3 97%
14. 4 92%
15. 5 86%
16. 6 78%
17. 7 70%
18. 8 61%
19. 9 Last qtr
20. 10 42%
21. 11 33%
22. 12 24%
23. 13 16%
24. 14 10%
25. 15 5%
26. 16 1%
27. 17 New
28. 18 1%
29. 19 5%
30. 20 11%
31. 21 19%
32. 22 29%
33. 23 40%
34. 24 First qtr
35. 25 62%
36. 26 73%
37. 27 82%
38. 28 90%
39. 29 96%
40. 30 99%
41. 31 Full

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in August 2012

1. Wed, Aug 111:28 PM

   Full Moon Sturgeon Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

2. Mon, Aug 68:50 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Aug 92:55 PM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

4. Fri, Aug 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.

5. Sat, Aug 114:32 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Aug 133:45 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Aug 155:07 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

8. Wed, Aug 156:34 AM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Aug 1511:24 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Aug 168:00 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

11. Fri, Aug 1711:55 AM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

12. Tue, Aug 218:38 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

13. Wed, Aug 222:24 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Aug 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

15. Fri, Aug 248:23 AM

    Neptune at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

16. Fri, Aug 249:54 AM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

17. Fri, Aug 319:58 AM

    Full Moon Sturgeon MoonBlue Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.